Jamaica captured another three medals – including one gold – today at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast in Australia.
This takes the medal tally to 15 (4 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze) and also sees Jamaica moving to 10th on the standings.
The lone gold on the day was won by Janieve Russell who claimed her first senior title by winning the women’s 400m hurdles final in 54.33 seconds.
Ronda Whyte and Ristananna Tracey both failed to get among the medals with Whyte placing 4th in 55.02s and Tracy ending at the back of the field in 57.50s.
Two-time world junior champion Jaheel Hyde took bronze in the men’s equivalent in 49.16s.
Andre Clarke ended 7th behind Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands who won the event – a first for his country – in 48.25s.
Action in the women’s 200m final saw Shericka Jackson running a lifetime best 22.18s to capture silver behind Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo (22.09s).
Double Olympic gold medal winner Elaine Thompson (22.30s) was 4th while Shashalee Forbes was disqualified after finishing 5th in a personal best 22.59s.
There was no medal in the men’s 200 metres where Warren Weir ended 7th in the race won by Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago after Zharnel Hughes of England was disqualified. Both men posting identical times 20.12 seconds.
In another medal event, diver Yona Knight-Wisdom had to settle for 9th place with 377.30 points in the men’s 3m springboard final.
In the meantime, Natoya Goule, Danielle Williams, Yanique Thompson, Megan Simmonds, Daniel Thomas-Dodd, Travis Smikle, Frederick Dacres and Clive Pullen all made progress in their respective events.
Goule advanced to the final of the women’s 800m after her second place finish in heat two in 2:00.74 seconds.
Williams, the former world champion, (12.69s), Thompson (12.95) and Simmonds (13.17s) are all through to the women’s 100m hurdles final.
Dacres (66.20m) and Traves Smikle (64.69m) both cemented their place in the men’s discus final while Thomas-Dodd advanced in the women’s shot putt after her throw of 26.89m in the qualifying round.
Pullen who contested the men’s triple jump, also made progress after his effort of 16.15m.
Meanwhile in badminton Katherine Wynter and Dennis Coke both lost to their Canadian counterparts in singles action, while in squash Chris Binnie and Lewis Walters were beaten 2-0 in men’s doubles action by Alexander Frazer and Jacob Kelly of the Cayman Islands.